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Italy's 78th Republic Day
Today the Italian Republic turns 78. On June 2nd, 1946 a whopping 90% of the electorate flocked to the polls to decide between the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Italy's 79th Liberation Day anniversary
While Italians get ready to enjoy their 79th year of peace and freedom, somewhere not too far from us the winds of war are howling. April...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Dec 4, 2023
- 1 min
Philip Guston at Tate Modern, London
The tondo - from the Italian word for round, rotondo - is a circular painting or sculpture that became popular during the Italian...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Dec 1, 2023
- 1 min
On World AIDS Day
New York City-born Frank Moore (1953-2002) was a visual artist and an activist who was involved in the creation of the Red Ribbon, which...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 29, 2023
- 1 min
Irreconcilable truce
"The Keffieh is full of poetic and political symbolism. The fishnet pattern is a symbol of collectivism and is often interpreted as the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 26, 2023
- 2 min
The cost of "five small pieces of paper".
"The Russian army has bombed an art school in Mariupol where 400 people were seeking shelter from a fire." This is one of the 5 stickers...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 20, 2023
- 1 min
The unspeakable tragedy of Ukraine's stolen children
It's been 634 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted and deported...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 11, 2023
- 1 min
Who poses a bigger threat to society?
Catching up on the news from my 2nd hometown of London, I feel compelled to go off on a rant. It appears that the people threatening the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 2, 2023
- 1 min
Palestinian artists: Laila Shawa (1940 - 2022)
Born to a wealthy Gaza family, Laila Shawa studied art in Cairo and in Rome. In the early 1960s, she traveled to Salzburg to study with...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 31, 2023
- 1 min
Andreas Gursky: Visual Spaces of Today - MAST Foundation, Bologna
"I do see myself as a chronicler. My pictures try to encapsulate our time." - Andreas Gursky Whatever he sees himself as, Andreas Gursky...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 19, 2023
- 1 min
One year of war in Ukraine
It's coming up to the 1st anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2021. The media have reported that Russia is...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 9, 2023
- 2 min
Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel at The Curve, London
There are exhibitions that touch you somewhere deep inside. Far from merely delighting you visually, they grab you by the hand and they...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jan 21, 2023
- 1 min
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Tate Britain, London
In my mind, a portrait is the depiction of an actual person, someone who has lived. Their portrait was made so their story could be told...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jan 7, 2023
- 1 min
Venini: Luce 1921-1985 at Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
Writing a review of a show the day before it closes is probably nonsensical, not too mention a tad unfair. I must, however, pay tribute...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
The issue of (female) ageing
You know when you're having a conversation with a friend and the following day you read something that exactly echoes your thoughts...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
On Italian National Day, 02/06/2022
On 11 June 1946, the Italian people voted in an institutional referendum to replace the monarchy with a republic. I won't lie, it was...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Feb 24, 2022
- 1 min
Ukrainian artists: Marina Skugareva
There are moments in life when our fear is such that we scramble for ways of taming it, in the hope that this crippling fear will somehow...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Dec 12, 2021
- 1 min
Personal protection: America's love story with firearms
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Safe and legal routes for refugees NOW
'My piece is not talking about old slave ships; it's about what happens today' says Romuald Hazoumé about his multimedia installation 'La...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
A museum for change: the Museum of Homelessness, London
From the Wunderkammers of Renaissance to this day, the Global West has a museum for everything. From sex to death, from vaginas to...
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